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BrightAuthor 4.7: Interactive Video with overlay picture

Evelyn Rossmann

August 18, 2022 08:47

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Hi,

I am preparing an interactive presentation in BrightAuthor 4.7.

I try to create a screensaver video with a call-to-action button that opens the next slide of the presentation.

Is there any possiblity to add a picture to a video (as overlay) and define a touchpoint for it?

I tried it with a zone, but the button is just for one individual slide of the presentation, not for all. Live-Text does not work with a video...

Any help would be great - otherwise we have to integrate the button into the video file.

Cheers, Evelyn

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  Mark Richards September 22, 2022 14:05

  A second zone with an overlay image is the way I would have gone too. One thing you are missing:

  - Double click on your screensaver state and go to the advanced tab.

  - Add an entry command of "Other > Show zone > Overlay Zone"

  - Add an exit command of "Other > Hide zone > Overlay Zone"

  This will make the overlay image magically appear whenever the screensaver video is active.

   

  If you want to make it a bit prettier. Have two images in the overlay zone. The second image should be completely transparent. You could use zone messages in the screensaver entry/exit commands to trigger changing this image and apply a fade transition so its not an abrupt cut.